SAMPLE AGENDA
TRAINING INSTITUTE
Respect My Red Leadership Training Institute and Certification for Student Leaders, Faculty and School Professionals. An interactive training course on peer leadership, respectful relationships and sexual misconduct.
LEVEL 1 AGENDA
GO RMR: Attendee welcome and introduction
KNOWLEDGE: Essential definitions, policies, and laws
Topics:
○ Definitions of sexual misconduct, sexual harassment, sexual assault, rape, and sexual exploitation
○ In-person vs. technology-related sexual harassment
○ Age of consent
○ Effective consent vs. affirmative consent
○ Asking for consent, giving consent, and saying “No”
○ Capacity: intoxication vs. incapacitation
ATTITUDE: Where do you stand?
Topics:
○ Rape myths and victim blaming
○ Bias based on gender, sexuality, religion, age, economic status, race, and more
○ Prior consent vs. future consent
○ Unhealthy relationships vs. abusive relationships
○ Personal attitudes vs. community standards
BEHAVIOR: It’s not what you say; it’s what you do that counts.
Topics:
○ Coercion vs. seduction
○ Responding to sexting
○ “No means no” vs. “yes means yes”
○ Initiating contact respectfully
○ Paying attention to others’ boundaries
UPSTANDER: Will you step in?
Topics:
○ What motivates people to intervene
○ What hinders people from intervening
○ The Bystander Effect
○ How to be an upstander
○ What to notice as harmful
○ Culture of disrespect vs. respect
RMR CONCLUSION: Call to action and next steps
LEVEL 2 AGENDA
COMPREHENSION: Teach the KABU of RMR
○ Explain knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and upstander skills
○ Ensure you understand the KABU from Level 1
○ Internalize terms and important concepts for sexual misconduct
○ Master essential sexual assault facts and statistics
FACILITATION: Gain competency to lead training
○ Understand how to maintain focus on RMR learning outcomes
○ Establishing ground rules
○ Strategies and best practices to support diverse populations and experiences
INCLUSIVITY: Use a survivor-sensitive approach
○ Prejudice, discrimination, and bias
○ Survivor experiences and inclusivity
○ Rethinking assumptions about privilege or access
○ Responding to reports of sexual misconduct
INTERACTIVITY: Case study discussions
○ Learning to guide, facilitate, and discuss RMR interactive exercises
○ Preparation with at least three examples for each exercise
○ Troubleshooting logistics when technology fails
○ Methods to ask questions and respond to participant answers
Go RMR. Make Respect the Standard, not the Exception.